Yokomo have announced the release of the Team Suzuki adjustable aluminium servo arm for electric touring cars. Precision machined from high-quality aluminium and coming black anodised and with machined silver edge details the servo horn offers an adjustable steering link ballstud height of 15mm to 19mm in 0.5mm increments. The settings are accessible through interchangeable plates and they allow to fine-tune the steering speed and behaviour.
The third round of the Tyrollean Championship was hosted by the AMC Tirol club and held at the Tirol Ring track with about 50 entries. The Touring Modified class only attracted eight drivers with the attendance of Dionys Stadler giving the class a real pro feeling. Of course it was Dionys who dominated the proceedings, including new lap and overall records while he took the win ahead of Aaron Tursky and Thomas Rinner.
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Coming from Team Powers are their new Actinium V3 540-class electric brushless motors. Compared to the previous V2.0 motors the new generation features upgraded Neodymium sintered rotors for a stronger magnetic field and thus increased torque while reducing power fading towards the end of the run. Also new for the V3 is an updated stator design for increased top speed and increased efficiency. Furthermore does a new stator and wiring technique for the 10.5T to 25.5T stock motors lower the internal resistance b about 15 to 20 percent. The motors are housed in a newly designed can with large cooling openings that lower the weight by ten percent while allowing the motor to run cooler by about ten to 15 Degrees Celsius. All motors come equipped with highest-grade ball bearings, doing away with the need to use ceramic bearings and a mixture of titanium and aluminium stator screws provides both strength and efficient power.
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The newly introduced Arena 1/12 League, a race series founded by Germany’s Markus Mobers and Andreas Reifferscheidt, will kick off with its maiden race on the weekend of the 7th of October at the Arena33 in Andernach, Germany. The 2-day events are held in the three classes of 1/12th scale Modified 6.5T Blinky, 1/12th scale Stock 13.5T and 1/12th GT 17.5T. Unique for electric RC racing, the series will run with fixed – an specially designed – starting numbers for each participant with the pilot’s next year’s numbers being based on this season’s results. More information, rules and the calendar can be found on the series’ social media page here.
Coming from MR33 is this new circle droop gauge for 1/10th touring cars. A unique design that looks both cool and is easy to use at the same time. The gauge offers a 4mm to 6.6mm adjustment range and it is made of black anodised aluminium and sports laser-etched markings for easy recognition of the chosen settings.
The Finnish FinTrack Tour series saw the running of the seventh and final round at the Laukaa circuit last weekend. Competition was tough as ever with most of the top drivers joining the Touring Modified class. Mugen’s Viljami Kutvonen would take the overall TQ and also the win after the A-main events, however it was round 7 runner-up, Awesomatix’s Miko Teponoja with the overall title from Viljami 2nd. Xray’s Georgy Chmigal would round out the top 3 at both round 7 and overall.
The 2018 Nordic Championships were held in Lidkobing, Sweden in several 1/10th, 1/8th and 1/5th scale classes. The track is part of a huge full-scale motorsports centre and in combination with the hot summer weather it made for excellent conditions for all participants. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Markus Elmerfors who took the overall TQ from Georg Ellingesen. The semi-finals were held under the treat of rain and indeed the heaven opened during the semifinal B with a big thunderstorm. The re-run would take place under the rain and this is what would stop then-leader Claus on lap 12 as his car’s receiver stopped working due to the water. As many other driver opted to not attend, Claus was still able to take the final spot on the grid for the A-main event. The 45-minute main final was held on Sunday and in good weather conditions. As the track was very hard on the tyres the pit strategy would play a major role and after a turbulent start to the race with lots of mistakes of the drivers and also some penalties, the drivers would get into swing and ultimately it was Martin Christensen with the win from single tyre-stopper Claus Ryeskov as Mattis Jargren rounded out the top 3 results.
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The annual Xcampus Golem Challenge was held at the Gian Arena Circuit in Banjarmasin, South Borneo, Indonesia. The race attracted a total of 75 racers from all around of Indonesia which competed in Modified, 13.5T Open Brushless and FWD classes. A very large track layout and high temperature of nearly 40 Degrees Celsius created a big challenge for both man and machine. In the Touring Modified class Bowie Ginting (Yokomo) converted his pole spot into a win from Christian Mamesah (Serpent) and Peter Anthonijsz (Xray).
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